Chapter Summaries

Tsunade underwent a cellular fusion procedure while Kawafune stayed beside her and Orochimaru monitored the experiment. The fusion triggered severe pain and dangerous fluctuations, but Orochimaru said the process remained within the expected range as Tsunade continued to endure it.

• Tsunade asked Kawafune to wait outside, but he refused and promised to stay beside her.
• Orochimaru injected Tsunade with the fusion material while Misaki monitored the data.
• Tsunade began screaming in agony as the fusion took effect, and Kawafune stopped himself from touching her after Orochimaru warned him.
• Misaki reported that Tsunade's readings rose and fluctuated around the predicted critical point.
• Orochimaru said Tsunade's cells were restructuring and that he could not safely ease her pain, leaving her to endure the process.

Tsunade’s Hashirama Cell Fusion Experiment triggered a destructive Wood Style eruption, but Orochimaru determined that the fusion had succeeded. Kawafune stayed by the unconscious Tsunade as Orochimaru took a blood sample for further tests, leaving Kawafune anxiously waiting for confirmation.

• Tsunade erupted with Wood Style, destroying the operating table and sending wooden spikes through Orochimaru’s Earth-Style Wall.
• Kawafune caught Tsunade when she fell, and Orochimaru examined her and judged that the fusion had likely succeeded.
• Kawafune carried Tsunade out of the ruined laboratory, and Orochimaru moved her to another room for further examination.
• Misaki drew Tsunade’s blood while Kawafune stayed close, and Orochimaru took the sample away for testing.
• Misaki asked Kawafune why he had allowed Tsunade to take the risk, and he explained that he respected her choice.

Tsunade woke safely after her fusion, and Orochimaru confirmed she was healthy. She appeared to have awakened Wood Style, so Kawafune brought her and the others to an abandoned training ground to test it.

• Orochimaru and Misaki checked Tsunade's blood analysis and confirmed her health was normal.
• Tsunade woke hungry, and Kawafune helped her sit up while Misaki gave her food.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade she had awakened Wood Style, though she did not remember using it.
• Kawafune informed Sakumo that Tsunade was safe and had apparently awakened Wood Style, and Sakumo hurried with him to the hospital.
• Kawafune took Tsunade, Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Misaki to an abandoned training ground to test her Wood Style.
• Tsunade fused water- and earth-nature Chakra and grew a short branch from her palm.

Tsunade learned Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence and covered the training field with a vast forest. Kawafune then demonstrated his Grand Villa Technique, suggesting he could use it to build and sell homes in Konoha.

• Tsunade successfully performed Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence after Kawafune taught her the Snake hand sign.
• Tsunade created a forest across the training field, and Sakumo, Orochimaru, and Misaki admired her display.
• Orochimaru noted that Tsunade's trees and forest were weaker and smaller than Kawafune's, but still powerful enough for combat.
• Kawafune demonstrated Wood Release: Grand Villa Technique and raised a luxurious wooden villa from the ground.
• Orochimaru told Kawafune to take over Konoha's housing construction.

Tsunade tried Kawafune’s Wood Style house-building technique and created a modest house, showing that her Wood Style could not match his. Orochimaru judged the result sufficient for his purposes and decided against increasing the risky proportion of Hashirama’s Native Cells.

• Kawafune asked Tsunade to try his Wood Style house-building technique while Sakumo eased the awkwardness.
• Tsunade reproduced the hand seals and formed a house with Wood Style.
• Tsunade compared her modest house to Kawafune’s grand villa and realized her Wood Style was weaker.
• Orochimaru decided Tsunade’s result met his expectations and that increasing Hashirama’s Native Cells would be too risky.
• Sakumo comforted the disappointed Tsunade, who forced a smile.

After Tsunade completed her Hashirama cell fusion, Kawafune and Orochimaru reassured her that the boost to her Chakra and regeneration mattered more than gaining Wood Style. The group parted ways, while Orochimaru anticipated acquiring Wood Style and privately resolved to help Konoha end war in the Shinobi World.

• Kawafune dispelled his villa, and Orochimaru told Tsunade not to worry about whether she had gained Wood Style.
• Kawafune and Orochimaru reminded Tsunade that Hashirama Cells had greatly enhanced her Chakra and regeneration.
• Tsunade accepted their reassurance, and Kawafune took her home to see Ginji.
• Sakumo returned to the Anbu, while Orochimaru and Misaki headed back to the laboratory.
• Orochimaru anticipated becoming Konoha's third Wood Style user and privately vowed that Konoha would end war in the Shinobi World.

Ginji cried inconsolably while Tsunade was away, leaving Mito and Nayuki worried and unable to soothe him. Tsunade returned and calmed him at once, and the family reunited in relief and laughter.

• Mito and Nayuki tried to comfort Ginji, who kept crying after finishing his milk.
• Kakashi brought Ginji a pinwheel, which the baby grabbed but did not stop crying over.
• Tsunade returned, took Ginji in her arms, and quickly quieted him.
• Kawafune joined the family, and Kakashi joked that Ginji would have flooded the house with tears.

Kawafune took five-year-old Kakashi to enroll at the Konoha Ninja Academy, where they met Kurenai and Might Guy. The children headed inside together, while their parents chatted behind them.

• Kawafune teased Kakashi, then promised to teach him powerful moves and took him to the Training Hall.
• Mito asked Tsunade about mastering her grandfather's abilities, and Tsunade said she had succeeded but still could not match Kawafune.
• Three years later, Kawafune brought Kakashi to the Academy's enrollment day and arranged for him to register.
• Kakashi reunited with Kurenai, and Kawafune invited her and her mother to register alongside them.
• Might Duy and Guy caught up with the group, and Kakashi and Guy resumed their friendly rivalry.

Kawafune helped Kakashi, Kurenai, and Might Guy enroll in the Ninja Academy and arranged for them to share a class. The next morning, he used Flying Thunder God to get Kakashi to school on time, while the children’s first day began.

• Kawafune saw Sarutobi Hiruzen bring Asuma to the school and reflected on how Konoha had prospered under Tsunade.
• Kawafune gave Might Duy and Kurenai's mother registration forms and completed Kakashi's information.
• Kawafune offered to pay the tuition, and Kurenai's mother invited him to dinner with Ginji and Shin Kurenai.
• Kurenai's mother found Yūhi Kurenai, Hatake Kakashi, and Might Guy assigned to Suzuki Osamu's class.
• Kawafune used Flying Thunder God to take Kakashi to his office, where Kakashi left for the classroom.

Kakashi joined Suzuki Osamu's class, where he reunited with Kurenai and Might Guy and watched Obito become friends with Rin. After Suzuki Osamu introduced himself as their retired Chunin instructor, the students introduced themselves, and he prepared to begin their training.

• Kakashi found Suzuki Osamu's classroom, chose a seat in the back, and noticed that Kurenai and Might Guy had not arrived yet.
• Obito introduced himself to Rin, told her about Kakashi, and encouraged her dream of becoming a powerful ninja like Tsunade.
• Kurenai arrived, sat beside Kakashi, and shared candy with him before Guy joined them and challenged Kakashi to another duel.
• Guy and Kakashi playfully tussled with Kurenai until Suzuki Osamu entered and introduced himself as their instructor.
• Suzuki Osamu urged the class to answer loudly, then had the students introduce themselves and regarded Kakashi with special respect.

Suzuki Osamu tested his new students’ ninja-tool skills and arranged a voluntary sparring match between Kakashi and Might Guy. After a fierce half-hour duel, Kakashi won, and the two left the field already talking about fighting again.

• Suzuki Osamu split the children by experience and had the practiced students throw kunai and shuriken at a target, recording their results.
• Might Guy volunteered to challenge Kakashi, and Suzuki Osamu made them demonstrate sparring for the class.
• Might Guy opened with a fast kick that Kakashi blocked, then avoided being caught by Kakashi’s follow-up grab.
• Kakashi attacked with a powerful taijutsu combination, and he and Might Guy fought evenly while their classmates watched.
• After half an hour, Kakashi defeated Might Guy, helped him up, and walked away with him as Suzuki Osamu announced the result.

Kurenai accepted Asuma’s sparring challenge and proved herself a formidable taijutsu fighter, catching him off guard. After losing the opening exchange, Asuma admitted he had been careless.

• Asuma stepped forward for the practical assessment, and Might Guy urged Kurenai to challenge him while Kakashi warned her against it.
• Kurenai accepted Asuma’s challenge after he said he would not fight girls, and Suzuki Osamu reprimanded Asuma before starting the match.
• Kurenai charged as the match began, and Rin and Obito praised her skills and training under Might Duy.
• Kurenai and Asuma exchanged several blows, and Kurenai landed a hit on his chest by taking advantage of her greater speed.
• Asuma brushed off the footprint on his chest and admitted he had been careless.

Kurenai lost her sparring match with Asuma but resolved to train harder, and Suzuki Osamu dismissed the class after warning the students to pay attention. Obito and Rin grew closer, and Kurenai and Rin became friends before the children went home.

• Kurenai attacked Asuma, but he used his strength to overcome her and win the sparring match.
• Kakashi caught Kurenai, Guy stopped Asuma from continuing his attack, and Suzuki Osamu announced Asuma as the winner.
• Kurenai wiped away her tears and promised to train harder, while Asuma left after challenging Guy to a future fight.
• Suzuki Osamu returned the children to class, where Rin took the blame when he caught Obito whispering.
• Obito thanked Rin, and she asked him to treat her to dango; Kurenai then introduced herself to Rin, and they became friends.
• Suzuki Osamu dismissed the class, and the children went home as the sun set.

At dinner, Sakumo asked Kakashi about school while Kawafune and the others joked about Minato, homes, and Konan’s bargaining. Afterward, Kakashi and Ginji walked to the Training Hall with the senior disciples as the families enjoyed a peaceful evening together.

• Sakumo asked Kakashi how his first day of school went and reminded him to behave and study hard.
• Kawafune tried to get Ginji to praise him in exchange for meat, but Ginji went to Kakashi for a piece instead.
• Minato left to meet Kushina, and Kawafune suggested preparing a home for him before Tsunade said Mito had already arranged one.
• Konan asked for a house, and Tsunade agreed to pay for one after Konan appealed to her as Master's Wife.
• Nagato asked Kawafune for a house too, making the family and disciples laugh.
• Kakashi walked with Ginji and the senior disciples to the Training Hall while Sakumo and Kawafune's family chatted at the stone table.

Orochimaru and Pakura visited Kawafune and Tsunade’s home, where Kawafune teased Orochimaru about Ginji and Aotsuki. The children played together, and Aotsuki proudly showed Ginji and the others her venomous pet snake.

• Aotsuki ran over to embrace Ginji while Kakashi and Ginji were playing, and Orochimaru watched jealously.
• Tsunade and Nayuki welcomed Orochimaru and Pakura to sit and have tea as Kawafune teased Orochimaru about being Ginji’s future in-law.
• Orochimaru tried to ignore Kawafune’s provocations, but Aotsuki’s laughter from afar soon rekindled his frustration.
• Aotsuki showed Ginji a small jade-green snake that Orochimaru had raised for her, making Yahiko and the others tense at its venomous nature.

Ginji unexpectedly awakened Wood Style while helping Aotsuki’s pet snake climb a tree, shocking the older children and prompting Kawafune and Orochimaru to rush over. The chapter ended with Nayuki and Pakura heading to see what had happened.

• Ginji played with Aotsuki’s small snake, Little Ao, and asked her to have Orochimaru raise him one too.
• Nagato told Yahiko that Little Ao’s bite was likely deadly because Orochimaru had raised it using special methods.
• Ginji pressed his hand to the ground and caused a small tree to grow, giving Little Ao a branch to climb.
• Kakashi recognized Ginji’s ability as Wood Style, and Konan called Kawafune over.
• Kawafune and Orochimaru hurried to Ginji, while Nayuki invited Pakura to go see him too.

Ginji’s self-awakened Wood Style amazed his family and friends, who recognized its rarity and potential. He could only grow a small tree for now, and the chapter left him stumped when Nayuki asked what day yesterday had been.

• Kawafune learned that Ginji had made the little tree and excitedly hugged and kissed him.
• Orochimaru and Sakumo praised Ginji’s early awakening of Wood Style and considered its potential for the Hatake Clan.
• Tsunade asked Ginji to demonstrate, and he made another tree that grew to about one meter.
• Orochimaru explained that Ginji’s newly awakened Kekkei Genkai could grow stronger over time.
• Pakura and Sakumo suspected that Ginji had possessed the ability for a long time, but Ginji could not say when he first discovered it.
• Ginji correctly told Nayuki that it was Monday, then admitted he did not know what day yesterday had been.

Aotsuki, Kawafune, and Orochimaru traded playful insults while their friends watched. Sakumo then decided Ginji’s Wood Style meant it was time for serious training, and Ginji agreed to follow Kakashi’s example.

• Aotsuki guessed that it was the weekend, and Kawafune praised her while provoking Orochimaru.
• Tsunade stopped Kawafune and Orochimaru from escalating their argument, and Aotsuki happily went into Kawafune’s arms.
• Pakura followed Orochimaru after he left, while Sakumo told Ginji that he would supervise his training starting the next day.
• Ginji sought help from Kawafune and Tsunade, but both left him to face Sakumo’s plan.
• Ginji agreed to train hard and follow Kakashi’s example, pleasing Sakumo.

Yamanaka Hayato reported that an unknown group of wandering ninja had taken control of much of the Land of Rain, prompting Konoha to consider whether to support or eliminate them. Kawafune volunteered to handle the situation through his disciples, and Hayato and Tsunade approved his plan.

• Ginji trained intensely as Kakashi worked harder to keep up, while Kawafune enjoyed more time with Tsunade.
• Yamanaka Hayato told Tsunade, Kawafune, and Shota that a group of wandering ninja had consolidated control over more than half of the Land of Rain.
• Hayato proposed either supporting the group or destroying it, and Shota recommended eliminating it because its loyalty could not be trusted.
• Kawafune said he would handle the matter and revealed that Nagato and his two fellow disciples could deal with the Land of Rain themselves.
• Hayato and Tsunade backed Kawafune's plan, and Kawafune left with Hayato to visit the Anbu.

Kawafune ordered Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to return to the Land of Rain and reorganize it, despite Sakumo and Minato warning that the mission was too dangerous. The three accepted the assignment without Konoha reinforcements, and Yahiko looked toward their long-unvisited homeland.

• Kawafune summoned Maple Squad to Sakumo’s office and told Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan to reorganize the Land of Rain.
• Sakumo objected to sending them without a safety plan, but Nagato and Yahiko affirmed they would follow Kawafune’s order.
• Minato offered to help, but Kawafune refused to send him or any other Konoha shinobi to avoid exposing their identities.
• Sakumo stormed out, while Kawafune said the decision was final and promised to give the three specific instructions later.
• Minato scolded Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan for agreeing so quickly, and Yahiko said it was time to return to the Land of Rain.